At a Glance
- Tasks: Design realistic insurance scenarios and evaluate AI model outputs for accuracy.
- Company: Join a leading AI lab partnered with Mercor, shaping the future of insurance.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, competitive pay, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Immediate start with flexible hours; applications reviewed continuously.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the insurance industry while working with cutting-edge AI technology.
- Qualifications: 2+ years in life insurance or annuity advisory, strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 $ per year.
Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality insurance reasoning data. We're hiring Life & Annuity Specialists to design realistic advisory, underwriting and policy-service scenarios, evaluate model outputs against established industry standards, and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about mortality risk, long-horizon guarantees and suitability.
We welcome life and annuity producers, advisors, life underwriters, new-business and policy-service professionals, product specialists, and suitability or replacement reviewers from carriers, brokerage general agencies, IMOs, and independent practices.
What You'll Do
- Design realistic scenarios involving needs analysis, product selection, illustrations, medical and financial underwriting, table ratings, replacements and 1035 exchanges, policy loans, surrenders, lapse and reinstatement.
- Create work products such as coverage recommendations, illustration comparisons, underwriting assessments, suitability rationales, replacement analyses and policy-service determinations.
- Write 'golden' reference responses at experienced life and annuity practitioner quality.
- Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics for product accuracy, suitability, mathematical correctness and disclosure adequacy.
- Identify unsupported illustration assumptions, unsuitable recommendations, confusion between product types or tax treatments, and failures to apply replacement or disclosure requirements.
- Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.
- Participate in onboarding office hours and calibration sessions.
You're a Good Fit If You
- Have 2+ years of professional experience in life insurance or annuity advisory, underwriting, new business, policy administration, product, or suitability review.
- Have worked with at least one product family, such as term, whole life, universal or indexed universal life, variable life, or fixed, indexed and variable annuities.
- Understand how policy mechanics (cost of insurance, crediting, caps and participation rates, surrender charges, riders and guarantees) drive long-term outcomes.
- Can explain tax treatment and suitability considerations clearly, and recognize when licensed or legal review is required.
- Demonstrate excellent written communication, quantitative care and high attention to detail.
- Can distinguish product and suitability judgment from investment advice and formal tax or legal advice.
Bonus Qualifications
- CLU, ChFC, FLMI, CFP, or comparable designation.
- Active or previously held life and health producer license, or securities registration.
- Medical or financial life underwriting experience, including APS review, lab interpretation or reinsurance referral.
- Experience with buy-sell, key-person, estate-planning, premium-finance or executive-benefit cases.
- Experience with suitability, Reg BI, or state replacement and disclosure review.
Role Highlights
- Minimum 20 hours per week (ideally 40+).
- Role starts immediately, applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Life & Annuity Specialist in Toronto employer: Mercor
Mercor is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and innovative work culture, connecting top-tier talent with leading AI research labs. With the flexibility of remote work, employees enjoy a supportive environment that encourages professional growth and collaboration across diverse teams. The competitive compensation and the opportunity to engage in high-impact projects make Mercor a rewarding place for legal experts looking to make a meaningful contribution.